1999 ISUZU TROOPER Complaints

CONSUMER WAS GOING UP HILL HIT SOME BLACK ICE AND SPUN AROUND/ FLIPPED OVER ON PASSENGER'S SIDE. TIRE BAR WAS BROKEN AND TWISTED AROUND FRAME. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. CONSUMER PLEASE ENTER VEHICLE'S IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. *AK

FLOOR UNDER SEAT IS NOT INSULATED AND COVERED ONLY WITH A FLAP OF CARPET THAT IS CUT FROM ONE SIDE OF EACH SEAT TO THE OTHER SIDE AND THEREFORE LAYS LOOSELY OVER RAW METAL WITH NUMEROUS HOLES , ALLOWING HEAT AND FUMES TO ENTER DRIVER COMPARTMENT. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER STATES THAT THIS IS THE WAY ALL TROOPER S ARE MADE.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON SLIGHT HILL WHEN IT POPPED OUT OF GEAR. ALSO, EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILED, CAUSING IT TO ROLL DOWN INTO A TREE. ISUZU ENGINEERS CLAIMED VEHICLE PASSED ALL SPECIFICATIONS, BUT CONSUMER KNEW FOR A FACT THAT IT DID NOT HOLD. VEHICLE WILL ONLY BRAKE AT THE TEN O'CLOCK. ALSO PRIOR TO INCIDENT, CONSUMER HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT TRANSMISSION NOISE, AND THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT. *AK

MY TROOPER FIRST ENTERED THE SHOP ON DECEMBER 13, 1999, AND WAS IN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS. THE CAR HAS RUN HOT THREE DIFFERENT TIMES, AND HAS THE ENGINE HAS RUN MANY MILES WITH A MIXTURE OF OIL AND WATER IN THE ENGINES INTERNAL COMPONENTS. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT AN ENGINE FAILURE AT HIGHWAY DRIVING SPEEDS, AND ALSO ABOUT FUTURE ENGINE LIFE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN LITTLE HELP. MY CAR IS OUT OF THE SHOP NOW BUT WAS IN FOR MANY WEEKS. 8AK

VERY HEAVY WATER LEAKAGE RESULTING FROM POORLY INSTALLED WINDSHIELD AND/OR SEALS AT THE FACTORY.*AK